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Pleiotropic cytokine
Cytokine that affects the activity of multiple cell types. A cytokine is a small protein that has a specific effect on the interactions between cells, on communications between cells, or on the behavior of cells
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Show more- Endonuclease An enzyme that cleaves a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) at specific internal sites in the nucleotide base sequence
- Gerstmann-Straussler syndrome See: Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Syndrome, congenital rubella The constellation of abnormalities caused by infection with the rubella (German measles) virus before birth…
- Lethal gene, zygotic A gene that is lethal (fatal) for the zygote, the cell formed by the union of a sperm (male sex cell) and an…
- Remedy Something that consistently helps treat or cure a disease. From the Latin 'remedium' meaning that which heals…
- Disease, von Recklinghausen Neurofibromatosis type 1
- Chorea, senile See: Senile chorea
- Lymphedema, congenital See: Congenital lymphedema
- Bony tarsus The bony tarsus is made up of 7 bones that are situated between the bones of the lower leg and the metatarsus…
- Os calcis See: Calcaneus
- Cranial bone Part of the top portion of the skull which protects the brain. The bones of the cranium include the frontal…
- Endometrioid cyst Part of the condition known as endometriosis, this type of cyst is formed when endometrial tissue (the mucous…